ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244440
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:03 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1213 |
| MSN: | PM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Disternich / Erp -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:56 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division.
All seven crew members rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Beerdigungsregister Friedhof Köln-Süd sowie Sterbeurkunden der einzelnen Crewmitglieder aus:
Historisches Archiv Köln Bestand 756/ A64
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | BB204 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | Hastière, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | BB214 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | near the Benediktinerabtei Maria Laach at Glees, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | W1220 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Jelsum, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 15:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 20-Jul-2022 17:01 | manniwei | Updated [Location, Source] |
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